Relevant Documents From Other Sources

Unfairly Maligned - An article from the Journal of the Kansas Bar Association (See page 44 of the document)

2017 Judicial Council Committee

The legislature referred all 2017 civil forfeiture related bills to the Judicial Council for study and recommendation. (See the list of bills below.) The Judicial Council decided to create a special study committee for this topic. The Committee has their first meeting on July 21, 2017.

Bills from the 2017 Session Referred to the Judicial Council

SB1 and HB2001 simply removes the annual reporting requirements for law enforcement to report to their governing bodies. Their thought is the information is available to them anyway and if the local governing body wants a report, they can require it locally.

SB3 and HB2003 do not directly relate to law enforcement but restrict local prosecutors from assigning a forfeiture case to a private practice they have an interest in.

﻿SB3﻿ - Kansas standard asset seizure and forfeiture act; restriction on county or district attorney.

HB2003 - Kansas standard asset seizure and forfeiture act; restriction on county or district attorney.

SB4 and HB2004 clarifies and expands the restriction of using forfeiture funds by adding that the current restriction of not using them for "normal operating expenditures" includes not using the funds for "salaries, benefits or salary enhancements for permanent employees.

SB4 - Clarifying and limiting discretion for expenditure of proceeds from civil forfeiture.

HB2004 - Clarifying and limiting discretion for expenditure of proceeds from civil forfeiture.

The following bill was requested by Rep. Finney and proposes the requirement of a criminal conviction prior to forfeiture of criminal assets.